CECC tightens rules for CAL crews‘DOWN TO ZERO’: Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said quarantine periods for long-haul CAL flight crews are to be lengthened from three to five daysBy Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNAThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced longer quarantine restrictions for China Airlines (CAL, 華航) flight crew, after another confirmed COVID-19 case brought the total in a cluster linked to the airline to 29. Meanwhile, the CECC yesterday reported 13 new cases, including a local case related to the Novotel Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport hotel. With yesterday’s confirmation, five hotel employees and one subcontractor have now tested positive for COVID-19, as well as three of their family members. Information provided by the CECC and the Taoyuan City Government indicated that the hotel placed CAL crew under quarantine in areas not sanctioned for quarantine use, it said. Eleven of them tested positive during quarantine, while one had a fever when she arrived and tested positive after being sent to hospital, it added.

Source: Taipei Times May 06, 2021 15:56 UTC